Last Updated: March 15, 2024, 09:15 IST
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Apple has purchased synthetic intelligence (AI) startup DarwinAI and added dozens of the Canadian firm’s staffers to its AI division.
(Reuters) – Apple has purchased synthetic intelligence (AI) startup DarwinAI and added dozens of the Canadian firm’s staffers to its AI division, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
The iPhone maker bought the enterprise earlier this yr, the report said, citing folks aware of the matter. The report didn’t point out the deal worth.
The corporations didn’t instantly reply to Reuters requests for remark.
Apple has been slower in rolling out generative AI, which may generate human-like responses to written prompts, than rivals resembling Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google, that are weaving them into merchandise.
Alexander Wong, an AI researcher on the University of Waterloo who helped construct DarwinAI’s enterprise, has joined Apple as a director in its AI group as a part of the deal, the report added.
DarwinAI has developed AI expertise for visually inspecting parts through the manufacturing course of and serves clients in a variety of industries, Bloomberg mentioned.
